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Brady, Tracie L. – Online Submission, 2020
Institutions of higher education have a primary concern regarding the success and attrition rates of the students. When these items begin to decline, it becomes necessary to ask why. This study looks at one identified element which is the increased role of adjunct faculty. The study specifically addresses the adjunct faculty training and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Role, Faculty Development
Bement, Sarah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Transfer of learning is defined as the ability to transfer previously learned skills into a new, similar or dissimilar situation. The transfer of learning has been a topic of debate amongst educational psychologists for decades. A variety of studies have been done to show evidence of the transfer of learning dating back to 1901. These studies have…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Transfer of Training, First Year Seminars, Community Colleges
Miller, Michael Ronald – 1975
The major problem of this study is that of identifying how schools function as both a determiner and a reflector of a society or community. It addresses three fundamental questions. First, access questions are dealt with, e.g. who participates--what is the position or social standing of community participants in schools. Second, process questions…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics
Pealer, Casius H., Jr. – 1978
During fall 1977, Central Florida Community College conducted a community assessment survey throughout its three-county service district in order to access residents' knowledge, perceptions, and opinions about the college. Seven objectives were identified: what information the community already has about the college; how people learn about the…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Community Surveys
Robinson, William D. – 1976
This dissertation is based on the author's role as "community consultant" to the Educational Planning Center, Boston Public Schools for three school planning projects: a 5,000 pupil city-wide campus high school in Madison Park, Roxbury; dispersed-site schools for the South End; an elementary school integrated with a new school for the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Planning, Community Programs, Doctoral Dissertations
Field, Charlie K. – 1976
In order to determine the most effective ways for community college administrators responsible for community services to establish and continue meaningful linkages between the college and the community, a questionnaire was designed and mailed to the 29 public community colleges in Michigan. Predetermined criteria were applied to the responses of…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Advisory Committees, Community Colleges
Monteiro, Thomas Lee – 1975
The purpose of this study was to identify potential sources of school-community conflict in black and Puerto Rican communities by examining the perceptions of Education Coordinators in Community Action Agencies and Principals in New York City elementary schools concerning community involvement in the school, curriculum in the school and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Community, Community Involvement, Community Leaders
Sutherland, Alphonzo A. – 1977
In order to ascertain whether the definition and delineations of the terms "community services" and "continuing education" adequately represent institutional concepts and goals with respect to these functions and to determine how well El Paso Community College met community needs, an in-depth review of relevant literature and a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Role, Community Colleges
Brum, Joseph, Jr. – 1984
During January 1984, Fayetteville Technical Institute (FTI) conducted a community assessment survey throughout Cumberland County to assess the knowledge, perceptions, and opinions about FTI of community residents, businesses, and high school students. Three survey instruments were designed to answer eight research questions: (1) what are the…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Attitudes, Community Colleges, Community Needs
Sohn, Harold Louis – 1976
Interviews with 150 community residents, 41 community leaders, and the staff of the community newspaper in a small town, as well as an analysis of the content of the newspaper, are used to examine relationships between the agendas of the various groups studied. Results indicated that leaders are significantly more likely than nonleaders are to say…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Attitudes, Community Leaders, Doctoral Dissertations
Salmon, Elizabeth E. – 1976
The thesis, which presents an analysis of three Wisconsin citizen participation programs relating to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-500), has identified the adult education role in teaching and applying skills, promoting growth in governmental understanding, assisting in public planning and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Valdes, Plano B., Jr. – 1975
A random selection of 37 community college administrators and 31 community school administrators were surveyed to determine the scope of cooperation and coordination between community colleges and community schools in Florida community college districts. Demographic items revealed that both groups were similar--75-85% male, 86-93% married, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Adult Education
Carlson, Dale R. – 1979
A community assessment questionnaire was developed at Worthington Community College (WCC) to determine sources of information about WCC, attitudes toward and knowledge of WCC, educational needs and interests, how WCC's service population could best be served, and respondent characteristics. A total of 200 people in six population centers were…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Community Surveys
Bruce, Raymond C. – 1975
Three basic questions form the focus for this inquiry into the educational decision making process. First, can community groups which are or have been involved in educational issues be identified within local school districts and can they be classified for further inquiry? Secondly, do these groups have influence in educational decisions which are…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
Oliver, John – 1975
This dissertation examines the developmental process and output (student performance) of a public alternative school, the Everywhere School, founded by the citizens of the South Arsenal community of Hartford, Connecticut. The objectives of the study were: (1) to explore the process whereby a community organization interacted with the Hartford…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Case Studies, Community Action